EX-31Rule 13a-14(d)/15d-14(d) Certifications.

 

 

I,James Buccola, certify that:

 

1.I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D requiredto be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form 10-K of theCFCRE 2016-C3 Mortgage Trust (the "Exchange Act periodic reports");

 

2.Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole, donot contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this report;

 

3.Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other informationrequired to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered by this reportis included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;

 

4.Based on my knowledge and the servicer compliance statements required in thisreport under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in theExchange Act periodic reports, the servicers have fulfilled their obligationsunder the servicing agreements in all material respects; and 

 

5.All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria forasset-backed securities and their related attestation reports on assessment ofcompliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to beincluded in this report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB andExchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to thisreport, except as otherwise disclosed in this report. Any material instances ofnoncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed in this report onForm 10-K.

 

Ingiving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on informationprovided to me by the following unaffiliated parties:

 

WellsFargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, CWCapital AssetManagement LLC, as Special Servicer, Wilmington Trust, National Association, asTrustee, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator,Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian, Park Bridge LenderServices LLC, as Operating Advisor, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services,Inc., as Servicing Function Participant, National Tax Search, LLC, as ServicingFunction Participant, Berkeley Point Capital LLC, as Primary Servicer,Prudential Asset Resources, Inc., as Primary Servicer, Berkeley Point CapitalLLC, as Primary Servicer for the NMS Los Angeles Multifamily Portfolio MortgageLoan, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer for the NMS Los AngelesMultifamily Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asTrustee and Certificate Administrator for the NMS Los Angeles MultifamilyPortfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodianfor the NMS Los Angeles Multifamily Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge LenderServices LLC, as Operating Advisor for the NMS Los Angeles MultifamilyPortfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as PrimaryServicer for the Springfield Mall Mortgage Loan, LNR Partners, LLC, as SpecialServicer for the Springfield Mall Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, NationalAssociation, as Trustee for the Springfield Mall Mortgage Loan, Wells FargoBank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator for the SpringfieldMall Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian forthe Springfield Mall Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, asOperating Advisor for the Springfield Mall Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic CommercialReal Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant for theSpringfield Mall Mortgage Loan, National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Springfield Mall Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation, as Primary Servicer for the AG Life Time Fitness PortfolioMortgage Loan, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, NationalAssociation, as Special Servicer for the AG Life Time Fitness PortfolioMortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the AGLife Time Fitness Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation, as Certificate Administrator for the AG Life Time FitnessPortfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodianfor the AG Life Time Fitness Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge LenderServices LLC, as Operating Advisor for the AG Life Time Fitness PortfolioMortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as ServicingFunction Participant for the AG Life Time Fitness Portfolio Mortgage Loan,National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the AG LifeTime Fitness Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,as Primary Servicer for the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan, C-III Asset ManagementLLC, as Special Servicer for the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust,National Association, as Trustee for the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan, Citibank,N.A., as Certificate Administrator for the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan, Citibank,N.A., as Custodian for the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge LenderServices LLC, as Operating Advisor for the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan, CoreLogicCommercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant for theEmpire Mall Mortgage Loan, National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan, Berkeley Point Capital LLC, asPrimary Servicer for the 215 West 34th Street & 218 West 35th StreetMortgage Loan, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer for the 215West 34th Street & 218 West 35th Street Mortgage Loan, U.S. Bank NationalAssociation, as Trustee for the 215 West 34th Street & 218 West 35th StreetMortgage Loan, U.S. Bank National Association, as Certificate Administrator forthe 215 West 34th Street & 218 West 35th Street Mortgage Loan, U.S. BankNational Association, as Custodian for the 215 West 34th Street & 218 West35th Street Mortgage Loan, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisorfor the 215 West 34th Street & 218 West 35th Street Mortgage Loan.

 

 

 

Dated: October 12, 2018

 

 

/s/ James Buccola

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

(senior officer in charge ofsecuritization of the depositor)